For a non-trivial knot in the $3$-sphere, only integral Dehn surgery can create a closed $3$-manifold containing a projective plane. If we restrict ourselves to hyperbolic knots, the corresponding claim for a Klein bottle is still true. In contrast to these, we show that non-integral surgery on a hyperbolic knot can create a closed non-orientable surface of any genus greater than two.

Keywords:

knot, Dehn surgery, non-orientable surface knot, Dehn surgery, non-orientable surface

MSC Classifications:

57M25 show english descriptions Knots and links in $S^3$ {For higher dimensions, see 57Q45} 57M25 - Knots and links in $S^3$ {For higher dimensions, see 57Q45}

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